 In the Threatening Danger Species Program here in Camp Lejeune, we focus on the red-caucated woodpecker because its habitat takes up most of the land area on base. Up in the top, a crown of this little tree in between here. This is a very specialized woodpecker. It only nests in live pine trees and they have to be of a certain age, at least 60 years old. There is not a lot of this habitat left. The red-caucated woodpecker definitely plays a role in the ecosystem. A lot of bird species use red-caucated woodpecker cavities to nest in, like blue birds and even flying squirrels. So all the trees are numbered. Camp Lejeune has been monitoring and actively managing its woodpecker population since 1986. And back then we started with 33 active clusters. A cluster is a group of trees that have cavities in them that is occupied by at least one bird. We have 134 active clusters today. We have done a lot of management for the bird. We know a lot about what this bird likes and we've been very successful in kind of creating that habitat for them. Military installations are actually some of the best populations of red-caucated woodpecker when it comes to population growth. It ends up being kind of a win-win story because training in the red-caucated woodpecker can co-exist pretty easily. Our goal is for the woodpecker and our management to be invisible to the marine's training in the woods.